Fans start petition to bring old Avs goal horn brought back

Some Avs fans want the team to bring back its old goal horn. (John Leyba, The Denver Post)

I got an email from Avs fan Chris Mckeeman Saturday, telling me of a petition underway by him and others with Change.org to dump the Avs’ current goal horn and replace it with the old one. The petition was started by another Avs fan, Greg Johnson. Man, I couldn’t be more on board with this. The Avs used to have one of the best, most unique goal horns in the NHL, a cool avalanche “siren”, followed by Gary Glitter’s “Rock and Roll Part II” (the “Hey” song).

I immediately signed the petition and urge one and all to do the same. To do so, click here.

For some reason a few years ago, the Avs went to a foghorn-style blast after goals. It’s unoriginal, not very creative, not very inspiring at all and has been ranked the worst in the West in one poll. There have been so many great changes in the game-night atmosphere at the Pepsi Center since last year. Kroenke Sports have made it a lot more fun to go there. But the goal horn is lame. Bring back the old one! Sign the petition and let’s force change. Let the will of the people prevail! I don’t necessarily need the Gary Glitter song after the initial horn. That’s pretty tired too, though it is a tradition that started in Colorado (it was played after runs at old Colorado Rockies games). But the siren needs to replace the foghorn for sure.

I was a season ticket holder for the Colorado Rockies NHL team from 1977 until they left on that “extended road trip” to New Jersey in 1982(I missed the 1976-77 season). So for me a goal in not a goal without Gary Glitter and Rock and Roll Part II. But I want the whole song not just a snippet mixed in with something else. For me the NHL is, in part, about tradition and we were the first to use it.

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While I don’t share your hate for the new horn, Mr. Dater, I do agree the old one is great. I don’t think I like the old so much more than the new that I am willing to put personal information on that site just to sign the petition (I get enough junk mail as it is), but I’d be happy to see the old one return. It had a lot of uniqueness and personality. But if we keep the new one, I’m fine with that, too. It may be more generic but we still have that buzzing sound in the background after it, and it has a lot more oomph than the old one.

BTW, worst horn in the West? Are you joking? It’s far from that bad. The Oilers’ horn, for example, annoys the heck out of me to where I mute it when they score at home.

Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.

Chambers covers college and professional hockey for The Denver Post. He has written for the Post since 1994, after dumping his first 9-to-5 office job a couple years out of college. He primarily follows the University of Denver hockey team and helps cover the Avalanche.